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DYING BREED by Oren Hammerquist

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Ten thousand years of superstition, religion, and science finally created the ultimate generation of humankind. Five full years passed before the media dared report on the subject. In the halls of universities, the scientists, sociologists, and statisticians only dared to whisper. By fear and unspoken agreement, they held their silence with almost monastic devotion.

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THE EXONERATION OF DAVID MCCRAE by Branden Johnson

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David presses his stubby nose against the passenger window, fascinated, like a dog, by the passing trees. He turns to look at me. Snot runs around his upper lip, into the corner of his mouth.

“You’re disgusting,” I say.

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A GOLDEN APPLE A DAY by Tory Brannigan

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Apples skittered across the kitchen floor and more were still dropping. From the ceiling it looked like. They were beautiful Golden Delicious apples. Only one could fit in Ash’s palm, and they were tinged with a blush of pink. There were no worm holes or bruises visible although they had hit the floor with enough velocity. Thunk, thunk, thunk.

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BUZZ FLY by Kyle Hemmings

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THE LEAVES WERE CHANGING COLORS—or as Pinky liked to put it—losing their old selves. We were in the middle of autumn, 1971. In country. We were floundering. We were messed up. But we were gifted. We could change. We wanted to believe that we could believe. Our heads were full of other voices that said “We will die soon. Can you carry on?”

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AND THEN THERE WERE THREE by Judith Field

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Somewhere between Carrbridge and Aviemore, forty minutes into an eight-hour journey, the train stopped again. Jane looked out of the carriage at the rocky, heather-sprigged landscape. Conifers stood in clumps, like bristles on a balding toothbrush. The snow-capped Cairngorms loomed on the cloudy horizon.

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THE WINGS OF A BIRD by Noeleen Kavanagh

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Glas could see his breath on the air as he exhaled. It was among the shortest, darkest days of the year, and the cold was constant. The skin on his fingers was tight and itchy with chilblains.

Abajee Mont talked on at the head of the class, the red robes of his priesthood dragging on the wooden floor.

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Issue #3--April 2013

DYING BREED by Oren Hammerquist

THE EXONERATION OF DAVID MCCRAE by Branden Johnson

A GOLDEN APPLE A DAY by Tory Brannigan

BUZZ FLY by Kyle Hemmings

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE by Judith Field

THE WINGS OF A BIRD by Noeleen Kavanagh

October 2017 marked the five-year anniversary of Fabula Argentea will be 5 years old and to commemorate that, we published a 5th anniversary PRINT anthology with many of our best stories. (Click the cover to purchase on Amazon.com)

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